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@possiblypoet
January 4, 2024 at 5:58 pm
…Sara Bareillis?
@AlsoMegan
January 4, 2024 at 6:09 pm
More Gabriela please!!
@blacktimhoward4322
January 4, 2024 at 6:14 pm
I know nothing about rocks but I can answer the question in the thumbnail
@EllaBella-76
January 4, 2024 at 6:17 pm
We have to many well not to many but I hate freshwater pearls and diamonds 💍 to me they are bling my sons Father is Sri Lankan they have a map with a gem for every area and a tusks elephant carrying the casket (Buddhist )It’s made completely of Gem Stones .Nothing has any markings ?Apparently two gifts pure gold they gave my son the Anchor means unconditional love and there is something else that’s related to a child being born clearly he doesn’t wears them they are not intended for wearing for keeping yes I love Amber and I love Jade .
@TheGreatCalsby
January 4, 2024 at 6:19 pm
I love that we live in an age where we can completely befuddle a professional clever person by saying stuff like “yooo they made minecraft obsidian into a real thing??”
@gators9570
January 4, 2024 at 6:33 pm
Rocks 100% can contain things that are not minerals
@tanamtl
January 4, 2024 at 6:36 pm
Thank you, very interesting and informative.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@ItsMe-fs4df
January 4, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Things I didn’t know I wanted to know 😂 Great subject and brilliant host
@juic3box312
January 4, 2024 at 6:57 pm
they’re minerals Marie!
@donnellyhornsby3333
January 4, 2024 at 7:05 pm
why was ‘does’ blurred out?
@somearizonatea7582
January 4, 2024 at 7:07 pm
your*
@lenoslawkk7395
January 4, 2024 at 7:17 pm
As a geologist, almost mineralogist, I love this series! It’s amazing how you can describe everything to people not into topic🫶
@nailkitty
January 4, 2024 at 7:19 pm
how does one get into this career?
@kumottakun6089
January 4, 2024 at 7:20 pm
She avoided the blood diamond question 👀
@mp5cartman
January 4, 2024 at 7:23 pm
“They’re minerals, Marie! Jesus!”
@NicotineRosberg
January 4, 2024 at 7:28 pm
There’s really an ‘olagist’ for everything.
@chrisanerton
January 4, 2024 at 7:35 pm
Jesus Marie, they’re minerals
@xBenQCatx
January 4, 2024 at 7:42 pm
Hank Schrader would have loved this video!
@jptrgoddess
January 4, 2024 at 7:47 pm
This was so nice! She answered so many questions I didn’t even know I had. Plus, I’ve grown to love sparkley rocks, so it’s nice to see her collection!
@aappaapp6627
January 4, 2024 at 7:50 pm
Another hit!
@shaggy7927
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 pm
I used to collect these things, I had one for a long time, it somehow broke in half. I don’t know how it broke, but I kept it for luck until it broke, sad part is that I don’t remember what type of gem it was, plus it was given to me by an old teacher
@captainhaddock6524
January 4, 2024 at 7:54 pm
feldspar is such a cool name
@largestella7996
January 4, 2024 at 8:03 pm
They’re not rocks Marie, they’re minerals
@DanielOlsen2
January 4, 2024 at 8:18 pm
Simmonlite……???? I know where it is at.
@khushboovishwa
January 5, 2024 at 9:15 am
I think her inorganic chemistry is just great🙏🏻
@dabsin2856
January 5, 2024 at 9:24 am
She has such good articulation when she talks omg
@avirajsinghmehta1857
January 5, 2024 at 9:55 am
One more cursed diamond is the Koh-i- noor which is said that any man who wears suffers tragedy
@LingoGregon55
January 5, 2024 at 10:03 am
I think Steve Kaufmann should do an episode on here about learning languages.
@alveolate
January 5, 2024 at 10:15 am
cmon so many bad subs…. barrel instead of beryl, carrot instead of carat… was this chatgpt?
@kidswidcrayons
January 5, 2024 at 10:23 am
Wait… How do you make the powdered diamonds then?
@randallmeans9797
January 5, 2024 at 10:27 am
Can we also take a moment to appreciate her beautiful fingernails? Idc if it’s weird, they are beautiful!
@UberKongEU
January 5, 2024 at 10:39 am
I love gems and minerals, have a collection of around 400 pieces myself.. i wish it would be easier to go search for them in germany, sadly every mine and corresponding space is privatized and not accessible
@nategar412
January 5, 2024 at 11:17 am
YOOO THEY 3D PRINTED THE SAVE ICON
@buchelaruzit
January 5, 2024 at 11:18 am
1:35 there’s a mistake in the captions!! i love tech support but clearly whoever wrote the captions doesn’t know the subject. it’s “beryl” not “barrel”. how i wish youtube would still let the community make and edit captions….
edit: just got further in the video and they’re writing “carrot” instead of “carat” lol 4:29 / 5:13
@chhsel
January 5, 2024 at 11:21 am
Hank should have referred Marie to this video
@fredrikjohansson
January 5, 2024 at 12:30 pm
I like the fact that per definition snow is a mineral. Is a natural made solid material with crystal structure
@watkinry
January 5, 2024 at 1:06 pm
She only thinks the Hope Diamond isn’t cursed. Every time the Smithsonian loses an appeal for funding: Hope Diamond. Still going hard.
@bitronicc1887
January 5, 2024 at 1:54 pm
WIRED, WE DEMAND TO SEE MORE OF GABRIELA AT ONCE!
The internet has spoken
@movingforwardLDTH
January 5, 2024 at 2:09 pm
Me: Well, I guess we’re both “interesting”…..
@asimshahzadnissal997
January 5, 2024 at 2:26 pm
Support me plz
@yousramahdy550
January 5, 2024 at 2:45 pm
She is Amazing! Thanks for sharing this beauty that was a very informative video liked it alot !
@HotDamn85
January 5, 2024 at 2:56 pm
Hackmanite is the coolest frickin thing I’ve seen in quite a while!! Baller, how much are they?
@MrRegmeister
January 5, 2024 at 3:53 pm
Steven Universe fans, where you at?
@tru907
January 5, 2024 at 4:29 pm
Must be very hard to the perfect wedding ring for a mineralogist
@benik3297
January 5, 2024 at 6:04 pm
How did they determine there are about 9000 possible minerals? I heard that scientists distinguish 20+ forms of water ice (with different temperatures and pressures)? Would have thought the total number to be much higher.
@Iam_Dunn
January 5, 2024 at 6:12 pm
Have all the diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other gems you like. In my opinion, the perfect gem is a beautiful woman talking with me about rocks! 🙂
@user-nv6bm8pd2h
January 5, 2024 at 6:39 pm
2:00
@demeter-the-great
January 5, 2024 at 7:34 pm
It’s all crystal clear. She really rocks! Let’s not take a gem like her for granite, she’s a real diamond in the rough. Schist happens, but we have to be gneiss.
@loupeit
January 5, 2024 at 7:42 pm
That was really great
@erinhowett3630
January 6, 2024 at 3:11 am
The mineral exhibit at the Smithsonian was one of my favorite places on earth growing up. And I get to share it with my husband this spring!
@prashantnegi007
January 6, 2024 at 3:13 am
she sitting on a medicine ball or somethin ?
@quazzydiscman
January 6, 2024 at 9:34 am
You chokin on d or somethin?
@erinhowett3630
January 6, 2024 at 3:14 am
I’ve seen some of these pieces in person! Neat!
@zdavidzz
January 6, 2024 at 3:23 am
yum
@gregsparksman
January 6, 2024 at 4:17 am
I think it is chalcopyrite that is called fools gold not pyrite
@jimnasium452
January 6, 2024 at 4:41 am
Yes, the Hope diamond is cursed. Because curses are a real thing. 🙄
@ikebeckman1074
January 6, 2024 at 4:55 am
Wow! She rocks!
@ConstellationMushrooms
January 6, 2024 at 5:17 am
When a girl says she’s into rocks this is what i’d hope for lol
@eric-is2ix
January 6, 2024 at 6:27 am
I loved it when you sang She Used To Be Mine
@danielles3841
January 6, 2024 at 11:06 am
I live nearby the world’s largest celestite geode (which is potentially the largest geode of any kind in the world as well)! Its so large that tours are done in it and most people can stand fully upright in most places.
@k.bart.parkinglot
January 6, 2024 at 11:32 am
I could literally listen to this all day.
@TomTom-ik8dm
January 6, 2024 at 11:35 am
The hope diamant is not cursed, because cursing don’t exist. End of story.
@heavymetalweatherman7774
January 6, 2024 at 12:13 pm
I’m watching this while stoned. How ironic.
@nyangtries2645
January 6, 2024 at 12:15 pm
make a series of this topic please with her as the host i love how she discuss the topic without being boring.
@MsSuperHippie
January 6, 2024 at 12:58 pm
I really enjoyed this video! Very informative. However, Myanmar should be referred to as such, not Burma. Wars were fought for them to be independent of Britain
@snobgoblinDK
January 6, 2024 at 2:24 pm
This is so fascinating
@TheSkinnyZ
January 6, 2024 at 2:28 pm
Funny how the Fool‘s gold actually looks more gold to me color-wise.
@TheSkinnyZ
January 6, 2024 at 2:33 pm
Looooved this! Need part 2 soon!
@MakoBeauty
January 6, 2024 at 5:22 pm
Gina Linetti’s smart sister.
@gemstonesparkle7915
January 6, 2024 at 5:36 pm
I loved that! 💎
@sumeethguda8149
January 6, 2024 at 6:11 pm
Hank Schrader would approve of this video
@Donteverusemygoverment
January 6, 2024 at 6:17 pm
She looks like a female version of David Mitchell
@AlexaVonSuess
January 6, 2024 at 6:36 pm
Even as a gemologist, I had a blast watching this. She does a great job at breaking down complex ideas into digestible pieces of info.
@doggygaming950
January 6, 2024 at 6:41 pm
11:38 part of the definition of minerals is they must be formed non organically….I study organic minerals 😂.
@Tstormer
January 6, 2024 at 8:13 pm
I want her to talk to me about rocks for hours😢
@kittaraki
January 7, 2024 at 8:48 am
she has kimmy schmidt cuteness
@michaelwhalan9783
January 7, 2024 at 10:17 am
Near a mosque it is common to find rock crystal dropped by women who fasten a hijab at the base with it.
@richardmyhan3369
January 7, 2024 at 10:40 am
2:47 hard AF. 😂😂
@flavioxy
January 7, 2024 at 10:47 am
dear gabriela. do you know SSEF?
@severianthefool7233
January 7, 2024 at 11:11 am
“Hey this colorful diamond is fancy what should we call it”
“fancy colored diamond”
“Perfect.”
@thesacredgempath
January 7, 2024 at 12:05 pm
Those should be on display instead of in a science lab thingy, some of us actually admire looking at them and being around their powerful energies
@naveenjayakody2047
January 7, 2024 at 12:28 pm
“Jesus Christ Marie! They’re Minerals!”
@PhantoRoyce
January 7, 2024 at 1:20 pm
False. It is cursed. My grandfather stole it in 1987 and since then every November something terrible happens to him
@naive_person472
January 7, 2024 at 1:48 pm
I have watched a lot of these Tech support videos and this individual may just be the best at explaining her area of expertise out of everyone!!! She is an amazing science communicator.
@justayoutuber1906
January 7, 2024 at 1:52 pm
If anyone has not been to the Smithsonian museums, you should go – they are FREE to enter. Natural History and Air & Space are amazing.
@senticles
January 7, 2024 at 2:01 pm
It just makes me think about Steven Universe and I’ve now just learnt that basically Ruby and Sapphire are the same species 🤯 but also 🥹.
@jennarush3522
January 7, 2024 at 2:22 pm
What’s the difference of biolite and gold
@katalysis
January 7, 2024 at 2:25 pm
Stanford grad and MIT doctorate. What a gem.
@algrounds9546
January 7, 2024 at 2:56 pm
How did civilizations cut and polish gems long ago?
@mychairmadeafartnois
January 7, 2024 at 4:23 pm
I could watch another 20 hours of this show and tell.
@rebeccalegg7649
January 7, 2024 at 4:37 pm
In the four Cs, cut does not refer to shape in the sense she uses it here. A GIA report will note the shape of the stone (emerald, pear, cushion, etc) but the “cut” grade refers to how well proportioned the diamond’s symmetry, dimensions and polish are in maximizing the particular stone’s scintillation, fire and brilliance. Cut and shape are two different things. And the “cut” grade only applies to modern stones, specifically modern round brilliants, not old mine cuts, Old European cuts, rose cuts, or any of the other beautiful antique diamonds cuts.
@genghisgalahad8465
January 7, 2024 at 4:53 pm
I should…HOPE not! 💎 Quip aside, is it a blood diamond gotten on the backs of slavery, economic exploitation, child labor, metals pollution of water supply, and degradation of the living surrounding environment? If so, then it is most certainly CURSED. And cursed with an ironic name.
@Flintstix
January 7, 2024 at 4:54 pm
7:45 MOJANG LIED TO US
@dsadik666
January 7, 2024 at 4:55 pm
Not a gemologist?
@LoudAsFuckk
January 7, 2024 at 5:22 pm
Definitely more mineral support required 11/10
@malagastehlaate230
January 7, 2024 at 5:53 pm
What is white gold? Is it really gold?
@sycamore-tree540
January 7, 2024 at 6:19 pm
I’m glad y’all still call it Twitter in the title
@justinh2701
January 7, 2024 at 6:26 pm
Did she say her name was farfanoogin
@SAmaryllis
January 7, 2024 at 7:15 pm
This person is overwhelmingly knowledgeable, and was able to communicate all that knowledge so effectively! Rubies and sapphires being the same except for an industry arbitration is still blowing me away
@guynobodyknows
January 7, 2024 at 8:27 pm
They’re minerals Marie .
@cm-ui1dt
January 8, 2024 at 5:01 pm
🙂
@andpersand25
January 8, 2024 at 9:43 pm
Yey!!! Rocks!!!
@Saint-Jovan
January 8, 2024 at 10:18 pm
Last time I saw a girl this happy bout crystals I was set up in a alley
@sigismasigisma
January 8, 2024 at 10:31 pm
the english captions are absolute whack. Barrel instead of Beryl, Bio Apetite instead of Apatite… wow
@speedyhomo
January 8, 2024 at 11:13 pm
Happy she mentioned the Marquise cut!! Its my absolute favourite cut for any gem. If I ever get married I’m getting a marquise moissanite ring, they’re soooo pretty 🙂
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus1
January 8, 2024 at 11:30 pm
Repent to Jesus Christ ”“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.“
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
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@patricknez7258
January 9, 2024 at 12:15 am
This was super interesting to watch. I find gemstones and minerals fascinating along w the chemistry involved in forming different colors and the history of some stones etc. My question would be: Is it true the Hope Diamond used to belong to French Monarchy?
@MercedesDenz
January 9, 2024 at 1:08 am
Gabriela is the most precious of the gems.
@TreeCutterDoug
January 9, 2024 at 1:15 am
The colored stone collections, both cut and natural specimens, are FAR more impressive than the Hope diamond… Heck: so are the gold and silver nugget collections.
Thanks a bunch to our director for a phenomenal presentation! I learned quite a bit!!!
@spoiledwitch82
January 9, 2024 at 2:36 am
I thought sodalite is blue and alexandrite changes in sun depending on the stone. A pink will turn purple orangish or salmon turns green and purple turns blue in the sun or uv rays. I’ve never seen clear sodalite.
@deckardcraigwyr8573
January 9, 2024 at 3:32 am
we need second part about gemstone, we love you gabriela
@SkullScarr
January 9, 2024 at 4:27 am
molestering children with you fake bs.
@SkullScarr
January 9, 2024 at 4:31 am
child abuse telling them what they can or cannot say! child molester Ing!
they have rights!
@SkullScarr
January 9, 2024 at 4:41 am
bet you people lie to your children all the time….cause they cant handle the F word…
@SkullScarr
January 9, 2024 at 5:28 am
love thy parrents o good christian thee!
even if they cheat,lie,murder,and steal….
@IntoDeathandTheBuddahMatrix
January 9, 2024 at 6:02 am
She looks like Sara berrilles
@qzwxecrvtbynumi256
January 9, 2024 at 7:08 am
What is the difference between rock and stone?
@justalittlebitmo
January 9, 2024 at 10:16 am
We were at the geode beds in Utah just a few months ago. How fun that she referenced them!
@DuenoJesus
January 9, 2024 at 10:36 am
Even though I failed my geology class, this was very very cool to watch
@fabionovellini3275
January 9, 2024 at 12:49 pm
Nah man, you do mineralogy . I just want to get a good grade in structural geology.
@moguhoki
January 9, 2024 at 2:20 pm
Why even use the company x? If you’re still gonna call it it’s past name of twitter it kind of sounds like you’re delusional and stuck in the past and don’t know who to really support. Imagine being a shell of a person or a company.
@mollymoon24
January 9, 2024 at 2:35 pm
Is it just me or does anyone else think of steven Universe?
@alirehman4858
January 9, 2024 at 3:57 pm
She is such a gem person 😊
@FyvaPro
January 9, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Gold is mineral? What? 8:06
@undercoverjihadi9252
January 9, 2024 at 8:09 pm
She said bioapatite was a mineral, and then said minerals arent formed through organic processes? And then said she studies minerals in the body? Is anyone else confused?
@Gala-yp8nx
January 9, 2024 at 11:31 pm
Everyone takes geologists for granite.
@beckybugbee5696
January 10, 2024 at 2:56 am
Why is she so twitchy and can’t sit still while she’s talking? Very distracting!
@shymii_3.0
January 10, 2024 at 6:27 am
They should make kids watch these videos after high school very inspiring to find your calling and passion
@cozy_jay
January 10, 2024 at 10:35 am
What does the Smithsonian do with the confiscated diamonds?
@user-tt4jz3tm6t
January 10, 2024 at 12:06 pm
Such a great opportunity to learn good, scientific facts like “is the hope diamond cursed.”
@Wiwcac
January 10, 2024 at 12:59 pm
Im literally polishing opals now as you brought up opal. Ill use water for them, but if it gets saturated ill dry it out very slowly.
@pliktl
January 10, 2024 at 1:27 pm
YES! STOP LOOKING AT IT!!
@stevecannon1774
January 10, 2024 at 3:10 pm
What is Alexandrite? I have a ring with this gem and it’s fascinating.
@NeonKue
January 10, 2024 at 3:49 pm
This information is gold!
@alexmcd378
January 10, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Is ice a mineral then?
@sinarsurya5725
January 10, 2024 at 8:55 pm
when she said gem collection for hope diamond, some how I heard junk collection instead, thanks to the subtitle i know i miss heard her….
@OpalholicsAnonymous
January 11, 2024 at 2:27 am
1:57 what the emerald!!! You casually pull out a piece of art to describe emerald
@OpalholicsAnonymous
January 11, 2024 at 2:28 am
1:44 if those are natural sapphire and ruby im dying here.
@OpalholicsAnonymous
January 11, 2024 at 2:30 am
Just casual with some crown jewels i get it now 3:23
@Hugh_Mongus_Chode
January 11, 2024 at 4:08 am
Lab diamonds are cringe. Blood diamonds all the way!
@user-hs9cl3sy1l
January 11, 2024 at 5:34 am
“Well, Dwayne The Rock Johnson is off the scale, because he’s a cool human, but his bones are mine to harvest in tens years time per the terms of our contract.”
@tkdk934
January 11, 2024 at 5:59 am
I knew there were rocks in my water…
@goshnodo
January 11, 2024 at 2:07 pm
Now the government has the Hope diamond so it’s falling apart
@shauryapant3960
January 11, 2024 at 2:53 pm
Oh lady Gaga talking about gems, nice
@ludmila7082
January 11, 2024 at 3:56 pm
brazil mentioned yayyy
@BlazingShackles
January 11, 2024 at 4:25 pm
You held up a piece of jadeite jade which is not the hardest to break. While jadeite is harder than nephrite, nephrite is the jade of toughness which is harder to break.
@mysticalmind5115
January 11, 2024 at 5:20 pm
whomever wrote the captions misspelled “beryl” and put barrel and its driving me insane
@TaruOwO
January 11, 2024 at 5:23 pm
Good video, except obsidian IS naturally formed Minecraft merch. Mother nature is a gamer.
@wadeintonature2975
January 11, 2024 at 6:04 pm
We use lithium for anti depressants and depressants.
@m4vr1ck
January 11, 2024 at 7:02 pm
So the rock’s gardens is mid bruh
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:36 am
Your hollow skull is mid bruh
@ferrarim5p75
January 12, 2024 at 12:39 am
No! The Moh’s scale is not logarithmic. It’s merely comparative, ie you can state that one material is harder than the another, which is itself harder than another material and that’s about it. You can also insert new materials in between the traditional 10 materials defined in the Moh’s scale.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:27 am
Wow, I believe her more than you. You’re nobody. 😂
@ferrarim5p75
January 13, 2024 at 10:44 am
@@Eet_Mia Instead of being a sheep that blindly follows Musk, Cook and other influencers out there, learn to be an intellectual by cross-checking her claims with other sites. The Internet is your library. Learn to use it.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 11:07 am
@@ferrarim5p75 I didn’t read a word, because you are still a Nobody.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 11:08 am
@@ferrarim5p75 <-- Nobody just called me a "sheep", because the R-tard can't understand that healthy people don't keep reading, after someone insulted them. Basically a drooler. Not worth your time.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 11:10 am
@@ferrarim5p75 <-- This R-tard simp loves Elon Musk. So sad.
@ferrarim5p75
January 12, 2024 at 12:46 am
No, difficulty in breaking (for the jade) is not measured as toughness. It should high tensile strength that defines how breakable (by bending) something is.
Toughness is such breakability under different temperatures. For example metals become easier to break when subjected to very cold temperatures vs at room temperature. As gems are normally kept at around the room temperature, toughness is not a important factor for it at all.
She needs to take some physics classes!
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:29 am
HEY! LOOK AT THIS IDIOT, WHO THINKS HE KNOWS MORE, BUT HAS NO QUALIFICATIONS.
@ferrarim5p75
January 12, 2024 at 12:56 am
While diamonds do not last forever and will degrade to cheap graphite when the diamond is kept at around normal atmospheric temperature and pressure, it will be over millions and billions of years, not really anything to be concerned about. What is more important is that diamonds subjected to high temperatures, like in a fire or when the diamond is being polished or used for polishing, it will change to graphite more easily.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:29 am
Irrelevant.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 11:17 am
Warning: Do not bother speaking to this Elon Musk simp. He’s a projecting little freak.
@thebussypresident7085
January 12, 2024 at 6:29 am
What a cool field of study, I love studying minors too
@heartriah
January 12, 2024 at 6:35 pm
of course u would love that
@heartriah
January 12, 2024 at 6:34 pm
steven universe fans r thawing out rn
@shanewarner899
January 12, 2024 at 9:59 pm
Ideas for the next Tech Support: Blood Bank Support and Microbiologist Support
@cammaman8124
January 12, 2024 at 10:25 pm
This chick knows everything
@arkadibeast5477
January 12, 2024 at 11:03 pm
That was so interesting! I really enjoyed my geology classes in uni, it’s always nice to hear more about gems and minerals
@telecastersRthebest
January 12, 2024 at 11:25 pm
00:15 They’re minerals! Jesus, Olivia!
@allisonday6275
January 13, 2024 at 12:01 am
Utah mentioned rah!!! -3:27
@skyn3817
January 13, 2024 at 12:38 am
I love how every time there’s a woman on this channel, the comments are full of dudes who read a wikipedia article trying to correct the people those articles cite
@NotM3siRecords
January 13, 2024 at 3:09 am
So TSA Steals yours Diamonds and give It too you guys and you keep it because Kim didn’t give the say so?
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:34 am
Who is “Kim”, honey? Are you imagining that Kim Kardashian stole your diamonds?
@NotM3siRecords
January 13, 2024 at 11:45 am
you didn’t watch the video@@Eet_Mia
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 11:54 am
@@NotM3siRecords Who is Kim, honey?
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 11:55 am
@@NotM3siRecords You sound like you’re drunk.
@yamplum
January 13, 2024 at 5:04 am
I appreciate the effort put into providing subtitles, but there seems to be a strong need for better QC. Bio Appetite? Carrot weight? Marquee’s cut? Surely you can do better than this.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:32 am
I got “mares cut”.
@Eet_Mia
January 13, 2024 at 10:33 am
It’s obviously an A.I., but a pretty dumb one…
@gmdomingso13
January 13, 2024 at 5:59 am
“gifted”
@unclestoma4699
January 13, 2024 at 8:44 am
legit interesting
@natalijajancic4445
January 13, 2024 at 10:24 am
Pharmacist answering questions about medicine would be cool
@markrobertson6664
January 13, 2024 at 12:08 pm
It’s a fugazi
@nonamepleaseandthankyou
January 13, 2024 at 3:39 pm
What a gem she was! Loved listening to all the facts x
@madelineguidry7275
January 13, 2024 at 4:33 pm
I need that emerald necklace
@isaiahdooley5953
January 13, 2024 at 5:13 pm
I was not prepared for “but his bones”
@tranceemerson8325
January 13, 2024 at 5:49 pm
if it’s not a cursed diamond then why wouldn’t you touch it to bring it to be filmed, but instead you chose to show previously filmed footage?
@ScarabD
January 13, 2024 at 6:15 pm
5:02 so basically, whoever cut that diamond was flexing.
@marym1036
January 17, 2024 at 7:51 pm
I loved this! Informative, interesting, a bit of fun, wonderful speaker and voila…I now want to learn more about mineralogy/gemology/geology. I feel old asking if Wired could provide recommended further reading/other media on the subject when they shoot these type of videos. Kudos to whoever casted this gem of a biomineralogist for the piece!
@-streaminadream-5356
January 18, 2024 at 2:24 am
i want that job but also to know so much about something with all our world problems? idk it’s tough to care or create a mental fortitude to live your “small town life”
@saniainez
January 18, 2024 at 8:57 am
Subtitler does not know “beryl”. it’s not barrel but ok. “carrot” is carat. subtitle is rich with mistakes and did not go through subtitle checks. hmm.
I find it funny that diamonds tend to have the image of “it’s a coal that has gone through huge pressure, therefore pressure transforms you into something better!” then it casually turns into graphite.
@Dan-B
January 18, 2024 at 9:57 am
I know that she’s the expert, but “Species” has to be the wrong word for mineral classification. (“Species” is defined as describing living organisms)
Tell me if I’m wrong….
@Tereyakisauce
January 18, 2024 at 2:51 pm
All rocks are minerals, but not all minerals are rocks. All minerals are crystals, but not all crystals are minerals. 😅
@victorreis8110
January 18, 2024 at 3:14 pm
This was lovely. The turquoise bit had me wondering though😂
@SMUGGLING-SCHOOLBOY
January 18, 2024 at 3:22 pm
WHAT ABOUT BLOOD DIAMONDS
@blazinlatino89
January 18, 2024 at 3:25 pm
Man how do you get that job? Curator at the Smithsonian sounds awesome
@MrFossil367ab45gfyth
January 18, 2024 at 3:52 pm
I love rocks and minerals.
@RoccoWorldDomination
January 18, 2024 at 9:49 pm
I love listening to nerds talk about what they know! Very interesting!
@OnlyPainAllDayEveryDay00
January 18, 2024 at 10:11 pm
She did an excellent job explaining and is super positive and enthusiastic. A real gem (pun intended, but it does describe her perfectly)
@benosborne4655
January 18, 2024 at 10:49 pm
im so glad you guys did a geology episode ive been asking for this lol
@ollywhelan5377
January 19, 2024 at 5:24 am
God I love this series so much. Genuinely a gem (pun intended) on this website
@1996Firefox
January 20, 2024 at 1:00 am
Mom hear that? Who said I couldn’t be anything in life? I’m in bio-mineralising organism!!
@teslasulu6305
January 20, 2024 at 4:04 am
1:57
@TLe-nf9lo
January 21, 2024 at 2:20 am
Myanmar = not Burma
@rowluna6400
January 21, 2024 at 11:50 am
Amazing information
@StephanieQuake
January 22, 2024 at 9:30 am
I wasn’t financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone’s that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.
@KarimMuller-by5gh
January 22, 2024 at 9:31 am
yeah investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legitimate Investment without a proper guidance of an expert can lead to a great loss too
@AustinLewis-qn7kr
January 22, 2024 at 9:31 am
Hello, I’m 49 and I am not worth much yet , please help me out. Bought my first house last month and I can’t seem to make any other smart investment.
@Edinkrama
January 22, 2024 at 9:32 am
wanted to trade, but I got discouraged with the market price fluctuations
@Edinkrama
January 22, 2024 at 9:32 am
Can you recommend a guide for me?
@VincentAllen-zk6dh
January 22, 2024 at 9:32 am
Haven’t you heard of Mr Chrissy Barymoer ? He’s an experienced trade specialist who has been helping me to make good profits, with his strategies you don’t have to bother,and he is on Facebook.
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@nayneezy191
January 22, 2024 at 3:40 pm
Free the Congo
@petarpan840
January 22, 2024 at 9:49 pm
this really confused me as to the definition of crystal. gold is a crystal?? please help
@hundredfireify
January 24, 2024 at 5:38 am
Stop buying diamonds guys. It’s an overpriced and uninteresting crystal, which supply and price is controlled by a small group of rich people. Go for more interesting gems, there are plenty
@MRMUMU
January 24, 2024 at 6:20 am
Love this video , thanks for sharing the information!
@NighteeeeeY
January 24, 2024 at 4:02 pm
Burma??? 😀 That place is called Myanmar since 1989.
@valentinasanchez3764
January 24, 2024 at 5:42 pm
Very informative and interesting. But funny how this mineral exploitation that happens in poorer countries is not spoken about and just slightly explained on the surface. Gems are stained with innocent blood.
@valentynacubillos8697
January 25, 2024 at 7:30 pm
What you mean Obsidean breaks very easily, you take an eternity to break those things with a diamond pick🤡
@davidvilmin3457
January 27, 2024 at 5:10 pm
She’s amazing!!
@TheSailorTenjou
January 27, 2024 at 6:06 pm
What I learned today: Impurities can bring so much beauty to a rock. In that vein, imperfections make a human beautiful too.
@ericperry1861
January 27, 2024 at 9:18 pm
Rock and Stone!
@TopazStones
October 7, 2024 at 11:05 am
🎉 . . .❤………………!
@kosycat1
October 9, 2024 at 2:08 am
I have a rock she could inspect =]
@mrnowak2835
October 10, 2024 at 11:33 am
Ironic how literally right after I was able to purchase some of my dream crystals and minerals this video pops up 😅
@auroraborrealis4852
October 11, 2024 at 5:41 am
I’ve always loved Alexandrit, it very difficult to get in jewellery but it’s colour change is magnificent!
@xmj6830
October 12, 2024 at 12:07 am
I always thought gold was a metal…not a mineral
@wanghaowang5790
October 12, 2024 at 3:32 am
Thanks for sharing
@CasRijnierse
October 12, 2024 at 6:41 pm
16:53 Excuse me?! So if you don’t have the right paperwork, your gems get stolen by the government?!
Don’t get me wrong. Blood Diamonds are bad, but you have no right to take anything that isn’t yours, no matter how it is acquired by the other person
@mochigote
October 14, 2024 at 11:25 am
Myanmar, not Burma 😢
@TucoBenedicto
October 17, 2024 at 9:43 am
Jesus Christ, Marie…
@angierox6964
October 17, 2024 at 11:10 am
Thanks! You rock!
@michaelhuang2477
October 17, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Nerds are cool 🙂
@helixfire1198
October 18, 2024 at 10:44 pm
This is so cool! Thank you! I learned a lot about crystals, gemstones, and the mineral trade.
@ShowInTheDark
October 19, 2024 at 4:07 pm
“Jesus Christ Marie, they’re minerals” – Asac Schaeder
@Skytalez
October 21, 2024 at 11:46 am
I need to say that most beautiful gem in this collection is Dr. Farfan herself.
@Divionist
October 22, 2024 at 8:11 pm
It’s not just a boulder- 🥺
@matyasd007
October 23, 2024 at 4:20 pm
The difference is: every rock is a mineral but not every mineral is a rock
@ninjanews893
October 23, 2024 at 5:37 pm
Hello Please I need help . I found the most big diamond in the world almost 50000 carats and I don’t know what to do I leave in morocco it is one of those countries where there no instituts to certifie the stone and imagine that it is so difficult to sell it even with a certificat and no one can believe me can you give me a solutio please I’m so desperate
@LorraineDeborah
October 24, 2024 at 3:36 am
sara bareilles
@reachthesingularity
October 24, 2024 at 4:20 am
I know she squirt like crazy
@natashaf.8597
October 24, 2024 at 8:09 am
Ok- I would LOVE a follow up to this with how different gems and minerals are used in different industries (lithium batteries as she touched on, specialized science equiptment, weapons, the validity and history of “healing” in wellness etc…)
@touffedaviau8370
October 24, 2024 at 8:36 am
QUÉBEC MENTIONED
💙⚜️💙
QUÉBEC MENTIONED
@theodoreaguglia8902
October 24, 2024 at 12:24 pm
Yo I got a crush on this girl
@Shawnquenneville
October 24, 2024 at 12:24 pm
It took you 17 minutes to say
Rocks are a conglomerate of minerals
@ShaktiJ
October 24, 2024 at 3:04 pm
I appreciate your wisdom and information but please allow more time to read the balloons before moving on.
@kathrynsamuelson1983
October 24, 2024 at 4:20 pm
Burma is now called Myanmar
@QueSara1111
October 25, 2024 at 7:55 am
My geode must be admired
@djjl210
October 25, 2024 at 10:45 am
Great info thank you for the video
@peter-andrepliassov4489
October 25, 2024 at 12:04 pm
9:10 for the thumbnail question.
@venkybabu4842
October 25, 2024 at 1:56 pm
Diggers deep diggers. Why most are found near sea or rivers is because deep gorges throw them out. Some wet place like the caves by water which build them in a 1000 years atoms by atoms stalegmites.
@Hollandsemum2
October 25, 2024 at 2:54 pm
Most unusual? Paparadscha sapphire.
I also remember Queen Elizabeth being asked about how it was to wear a heavy crown. She described it a quite heavy, among other things, and then poinred out “It’s a lot of stone on the head.”
@GregHuffman1987
October 25, 2024 at 4:02 pm
im confused about why shes saying Jade is harder to break than diamond
@peterrollinsonlorimer
October 25, 2024 at 4:26 pm
That was incredibly interesting, and I had no idea that I wanted to know this. I actually watched it twice.